St. Joseph the Worker - May 1 (optional memorial)

 St. Joseph
Back of Card
Printed in Italy, 1900

"Oh! the divine occupations of Mary and Joseph in Nazareth. Jesus was with them, and blest all their actions."
~ Fr. R. P. Faber

God watches over the lilies and the birds.

He watches over you.

Oh Jesus, our friend, be Thou our guide and our protector.

St. Catherine of Siena, Feast Day, April 29

St. Catherine of Siena
Gladbach

Beautiful words by St. Catherine of Siena from ENLARGING THE HEART  

Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena

O Holy Eucharist!

Divine resume of the mercy and love of our Savior.

Letaille

HOLY DESIRES.  

With the same ardor with which the Holy Patriarchs
wanted to see the Messiah, desire to receive your God;
may this desire dominate all others.   

Bouasse Lebel

Our Lady of Good Counsel: Feast Day, April 26

Our Lady of Good Counsel
P. Raoux, Brugge

Story of the miraculous icon

another link to the story

Let us be attached to the Cross 

as ivy to the tree for its support.

O My Savior give me wings like a dove,
and I will fly and take part in
this precious Chalice where one tastes

a holy and delicious intoxication

Jesus, your hand is always open

to give, to bless, to pardon.

Bouasse Level 5040

LITTLE FRIENDS OF JESUS

 Drink and eat the nourishment of angels 

Bouasse Lebel

Alleluia! 
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us, how shall He not with Him freely give us all things?

Romans 8:32

I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. John 14:6
Saintin,Paris

As a mother caresses her child,
so I comfort you.  

Bouasse Lebel 782B

I am pleased with those who are as sweet and gentle as the lamb.

To rest in the bosom of the Lord, one has only to love with ardor.

Today our parish priest reminded us of the words of St. John of the Cross: "In the evening of our life we will be judged by love."  Then commenting on this thought, he added:

"Don't tell me what you believe, tell me what you love."
           


  
                              

THE GOOD SHEPHERD
LEADS HIS FLOCK
AND CARRIES THE LAMB
TOO WEAK TO WALK.

(The Good Shepherd's flock is echoed in the flock of doves in the richly symbolic lace imagery)

Like little birds,
let us hasten to Jesus; 

He will give us
the Bread of Angels.

Basset 398

Joys of Perseverance

Jesus feeds them with his hand

and of his virtues he perfumes them.

Bouasse Lebel 1492

Mercy Sunday

Lamb of God,
have mercy on us.
Hand painted on silk

O, God, who can ever fathom the depth of your divine mercy?

For witness of my sins I want only Jesus.

Hand painted on silk

First Friday

The Cross at the Altar

All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing that has being came into being.
John 1:3

Note: The artist shows us the  the Eucharist springing forth from Sacred Heart.

The Good Shepherd calls his own sheep each by its name, and he leads them out.

Ineffable sweetness.

Felix, Paris

My God,
what do you ask
 of me?
~

The sweetness of the Lamb.

Turgis

All Hearts are Drawn to Him.

Bright Monday

The good thoughts of the newborn soul.

The Most Holy Sacrament
 of the Altar

“But in order that you should have life, it is not enough that My Son should have become the Bridge, unless you pass over this Bridge.”

~ God the Father to St. Catherine of Siena in The Dialogue 

As fragile as the wings of a butterfly, this delicate piece of paper lace also alludes to the metaphor of the bridge. In the dialogues St. Catherine of Sienna, Jesus Christ was described as the magnificent bridge between heaven and earth.